Search Results: Poetry from Bee Creek Books

Chester Springs, PA, U.S.A.: Dufour Editions, Incorporated, 1979. 95 pp. DJ with small chips on bottom inside flap, light wear to edges and corners. Book is tight, clean. Signed by author on title page. Book in NF condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Poetry.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. Paper over boards, worn. Paper label on front and spine. Spine's label missing pieces around edge but title intact. Edges bumped and rubbed. Interior clean and Very Good. "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards. Obiit H.M. Prison, Reading , Berkshire, July 7th, 1896. 39 pp.. Hardbound. Good-/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ballad.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. , 1914. Book in Very Good condition. DJ only Fair, with tears and chips, some missing pieces, front and back detached. 86 pp. Total of forty-seven poems. Eight pages in back with other MESSRS. METHUEN'S PUBLICATIONS.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Poor. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Poetry.

Wilkes-Barre, PA: Dimension Books, 1965. Translation was made by Noel Lindsay. Author facsimilie signature on dedication page. 125 pp. Black cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Gold slipcase in VG+ condition with dirt smudges to corners and edges. Book in NF condition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Philosophy.

New York, 1897. 128 pp. Green cloth covers with gilt title lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed and faded, scuffing and soiled spots on cover faces, rubbing to joints and small pinhole on front bottom joint, scuffing to spine, spine ends are bent and fraying. Stains to page edges. Endpapers are browning with some foxing spots. Front hinge is broken, front pages are pulling away from spine and have some chipping to bottom edge. Interior pages are browning along edges, some ink smudges, some corners are creased. Book in Good condition.. Cloth. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Poetry.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. The story of the stark tragedy of a man's soul. Purple cloth covers with gold gilt image on front cover and lettering on spine. 103 pp. Book review article from the Boston Evening Transcript on April 27, 1929 attached on the inside back cover. Spotting/watermarks? on spine and back cover. Corners are bumped and edges are slightly rubbed. Uncut page edges. Previous owner's name inscribed on front freepaper. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Poem.

New York: Privately Printed, 1921. "The writings ot Thomas Bailey Aldrich in both poetry and prose are well-nigh perfect of their kind. He was a literary craftsman of the highest type and expended all of his effort in the attempt to make of each lyric or sonnet and of every short story a little masterpiece." One hundred and twenty-five copies privately printed during the month of November, 1921 by the author. 14 pp. Green paper cover with gilt title lettering on front. Cover edges and corners are chipped, top corner is creased, light soiling to cover faces, holes in spine where binding once held. Green string binding has been broken, leaving the interior free from the cover. Interior pages are uncut, slightly tanned along edges. Ink smudge on page 9, otherwise text is clean. Booklet in VG- condition.. Limited Edition. Paper Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Famous Author.

Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, 1881. 140 pp. Maroon decorative boards with gold Asian style edge and gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges are rubbed, patches of rubbing on cover faces, spine ends are bent. Very light foxing to interior, otherwise tight and clean. Gilt page edges. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 " x 7 1/2". Poetry.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Illustrations from drawings in colours by Jessie Willcox Smith. 125 pp. Navy cloth covers with gilt title on spine, pastedown image of garden on front. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed to boards, wear to edge of pastedown, scuffing and soiling to cover faces, spine is creased, spine ends are bent and fraying. Decorative endpapers. Previous owner's name written on front inside cover. Both hinges broken with tears to endpapers at crease exposing spine and boards of covers. Interior pages are lightly browning along edges, some dirt smudges and small foxing spots. Book in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. Size: Approx. 7 " x 9 1/2 ". Poetry.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 113 pp. Grey cloth covers. Missing DJ. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, covers are soiled and darkened along edges, black ink spots on back, spine is creased, spine ends are torn and frayed. Previous owner's name written on front inside cover. Small bookstore sticker on bottom of front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, interior tight. Book in Good condition.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Poetry.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1871. Poet, critic and journalist. He became known for a rambling poem in couplets, THE PLEASURES OF HOPE. 329 pp. 3/4 calf with marbled covers (small paper label on front endp. "Bound by W.J. Park & Co. Booksellers, Madison, Wis.) Raised bands on spine with 2 black leather labels, only one with gilt lettering:"Poetical Works of CAMPBELL". Some scuffing to leather. Good + condition. Hinges loosening. Browning to endpaper corners, mild foxing to endpapers, otherwise the interior is tight, clean and in Very Good Condition.. Leather. Good+. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Poetry.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and silhouette of a girl knitting through a window. Keller's illustrations of Cupid and the four different seasons on the endpapers. Many full page color illustrations.Top edge gilt. Facsimilie of original manuscript at back."The poem has long been popular as a charming and humorous Yankee idyl composed in the genuine old New England dialect. As interpreted by Mr. Keller's sympathetic brush it will give a new pleasure to its readers. Unpaginated. Cream cloth spine slightly soiled o/w book is Fine. A Charming Book.. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by A.I. Keller. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Poetry.

London: The Fortune Press, 1927. #376 of 575 copies.Made on English hand-made paper. Buckram spine with gilt lettering."Cepha" written on free endpaper w/o Fine.123 pps. Untrimmed. Some pages unopened. Frontis. by Paul Rotha. "A collection of all the Choice songs, Poems, Prologues, and Epilogues,(Sung and Spoken at Courts and Theaters)never in Print before. Written by the refined'st Witts of the Age. and Collected by A.B. (1672)" Dj has nicks on top creases of spine. Small tears mainly on back edges. Bottom of spine missing small pieces. Overall Dj is intact. . Boards. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Paul Rotha. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Poetry.

Princeton, New Jersey, 1969. 72 pp. Purple cloth covers with black spine and gilt lettering on spine. Protective cover jacket is yellowing from age, has tears and chipping along edges, creased flaps. Some mild bending to cover spine ends. Some waviness to interior pages, otherwise tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good/Protective Cover. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Memoir.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1921. String-tied. Green wraps. Slight crease at side edge otherwise VG+. 31 pp. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. . Wraps. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/4". Ireland.

Akron, Ohio: The Werner Company, 1910. 22 pp. Gray cloth covers with gilt title on front. Spine ends are bent. Page edges are uncut. Small tear to page 12 edge. Interior tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by A. J. Schmidt. Size: Approx. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Poem.

Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company, 1914. With a Biographical Sketch, Notes and Portrait. Progressive School Classics. 32 pp. Grey paper wraps. Corners are bent and creased, dirt marks and stains to cover faces. Interior pages are browning, some corners are creased. Pamphlet in Good condition.. Wraps. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4". Poem.

Boston: William Ticknor & Co , 1847. One poem by Longfellow with others by Blake, Keats,Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Wordsworth, Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Tennyson, etc. Edition of 1,150 copies. Decorative gilt designs front,back and spine. All edges gilt. Soiled & shelf worn.Corners,spine bumped. 1st. red cloth Mild fraying to spine ends. Front hinge loosening. Endpapers small "mold-like" (?) stain. Mild internal foxing o/w interior VG.. BAL 12088. . Cloth. Good+. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Poetry.

London: A.C. Fifield , 1910. 60 pp. Paper over board ? covers. two mild dampstains on front cover. Covers are overall Good to Good+. Spine darkened, two tiny nicks and ends, tiny pieces missing? Interior clean, tight and VG+. Edges untrimmed. Four pages in back with advertisements for other publications of Mr. Fifield.. Boards. Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/2 " x 6 3/4". Poetry.

Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1904. 127 pp. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed heavily with some areas of exposed boards, scuffing to cover faces, rubbed joints. Spine ends are bent, torn and fraying, spine corners are exposed. Gilt top page edge. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Broken hinges, loose spine. Foxing/molding to interior pages, particularly near spine edge, and interior pages are browning. Book in Good- condition.. Cloth. Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Poetry.